Seriously, if you have been enjoying Jacquelynne's great pattern and you like her fabrics as I do, check out the kits available for her new Peaceful Pastimes quilt; it's just gorgeous!And yes, we have a giveaway here at the Lilypad!! Look!

Padsworth just hopped over and wanted me to tell all of you that there will be another giveaway announced (I know, right? An extra one!) over at Jacquelynne's place, so you will want to be sure and visit there!Comment below for your chance to win . . . tell me in your comment -- what is your favorite use for orphaned blocks . . . the ones that we make and lay aside, and then find later. Do you have a creative use for them?Please, please, please, leave your email address as part of your comment....I have had about 90% of my commenters end up being no-reply! That means I can't tell you thanks for your sweet comments, and that also means I can't contact you if you win!! Boo. You can leave it this way if you like: name(at)gmail(dot)com....or yahoo, or whatever. Just make sure I can contact you!! (Grin)Good luck!Love,

Ahhh, my friend and I just came across some orphaned blocks. We make quilts for charities and when we found the blocks, we decided to lay them out and then we pulled a bunch of other fabrics. They will become baby quilts for a children's charity that sends to third world countries. Mothers come to birthing centres with nothing for their babies and so hats, booties, and blankets are needed.

I'd love to win a copy of the book. It was fun to see your blog and what you've done with the Sew Sweet Simplicity blocks. I don't quilt enough (yet) to have lots of orphan blocks, but I did use one for a pillow, and table runners and totes are always favorites items for me.

Thanks for your giveaway - would love to win Jacquelynne's e-book. Great job on the BOM - I like to used my orphan blocks to make small quilts for cats/dogs for the SPCA in my area.rachel.gagnon5@sympatico.ca

Orphan blocks/trial blocks can wind up being used in a pieced backing or, if they're smallish, in a mug rug1Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity! Those Sew Red Glasses and Aurifil threads are calling to me...

Your quilt is lovely and your colours are great so is the embroidery - love that.I don't have many orphan blocks but I have used one once or twice to build a child's quilt around, using the colours involved to make either broad bands of colour or large blocks or colour to make a quick colourful quilt top for a charity quilt.Paulineperry94022 at hotmail dot com

Hi Snoodles, love the quilt and the blocks. I decided not to take part in the quilt along as I have so many other quilts to get done and didn't want to start yet another project, but I do love the blocks. My orphan blocks get made into mug rugs or mats and given away as little presents. Thanks for the Giveaway. Hugs, Susie xsusie@tomparr.co.uk

I've made a discovery recently of some orphan blocks which helped me speed up the process for making my aunt a table runner as a birthday gift!! Since I hand quilt it was a time saver but with shipping she received it only 3 days after her special day!! Perfect!

Barb, your quilt is fabulous - oh, I adore 30's feedsack repro prints. Cheerful, indeed! I use my orphan blocks as centers for round robin exchanges, where you supply the center block and others in the group add a border. I love it!

I'm actually new enough to quilting that I'm still making orphan blocks! I do enjoy the practice of making the blocks, and plan on putting them together for a queen size quilt for the guest room someday.~Brandybrandizzle7133 at gmail dot com

I made a sampler quilt out of 12 orphan blocks. They were mostly different sizes. I put borders around all of them and then trimmed some back to make them all the same size before piecing the blocks together. -- soparkaveataoldotcom

I don't have any orphan blocks yet as I have not been quilting that long. When I do have some depending on size I will use them for potholders or mug rugs or maybe incorporate them into quilt backings. Your quilt top is beutiful it looks like Spring.

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